Sculpture House Claystone Modeling Clay

Claystone is a fine, moist, plastic clay body that works like Plastilina, but air dries hard and durable, with minimal shrinking. Claystone is non-toxic, and is red, or granite gray in color.

No baking, casting, or kiln is necessary. Claystone can be worked indefinitely while moist. Moisten it with a damp sponge during work, and cover it with plastic to retain moisture until the project is finished.

Note — Any combination of clay, plaster, sand, and molding material totaling 50 lbs or more does not qualify for our free shipping offer.

It's very good for its price. I buy multiple boxes (if only they weren't so heavy) in the beginning of the year. I've barely had any cracked clay because I make sure students use it properly. There were instances in which my middle school kids' clay projects would break but only because the project we were working on used a very thin slice of clay and was prone to breaking either way. It dries slow if you're using large amounts, but I mean that's how every air-dry clay is. If you are a teacher who needs to use clay in the classroom but don't have the technology to use fired clay, then I would definitely buy this in chunks!

I use this clay for a base to make salt cellars with shells. I like it but it was not packaged well and first order was unusable because it was dried out. Bick sent me another order without cost very quickly even thought the first order took over a week to get to me. It is pretty strong. Slow drying. I will continue to use it because don't have anything better but I am looking.

The price of this product compared to similar, competitive alternatives is:

A solid value

Bottom LineYes, I would recommend this to a friend

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We were able to easily work with this clay. It was easy to shape, fairly smooth, pieces attached easily to each other, and overall was very workable. Ages eight through 36 utilize this product without much needed assistance.

This product is wonderful. It is a challenge for my students however it softens nicely as they work with it in their hands. My students have made amazing pieces with this product and I continuously purchase it for every clay class I teach.